Pay deal ends train drivers' stoush

Train drivers in regional Western Australia will get a 16 per cent pay rise after an agreement was reached with bulk handler CBH.

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union negotiated on behalf of the drivers, who took intermittent strike action.

Union spokesman Phillip Woodcock says there may be some outstanding issues such as forced redundancies that could present future problems but he is happy the parties could reach an agreement.

"We've been negotiating for a substantial period of time and what's occurred is the company decided to put the agreement out to a vote and the vote got up which is a good demographic process I believe," he said.

"There was a couple of conditions we would've liked to have maintained or built on but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

"But at the end of the day, we were quite happy that the membership has spoken and decided to take the deal up."

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